Partition



March 6, 1934.

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Patented Mar. 6, 1934 UNITED STATES PARTITION Axel G. Dawson, Jamestown, N. Y., assignor to Dahlstrom Metallic Door Company, Jamestown, N. Y., a corporation of New York Application May 4, 1932, Serial No. 609,134

4 Claims.

This invention relates to an improvement in partitions, and more particularly to that portion of a partition adjacent a building or other connecting wall.

The preferred embodiment of the invention discloses that portion of a partition lying between a building wall and a pilaster, being commonly known as a filler member. It has been found impossible to produce a filler member having such close and complete engagement with a building wall as to preclude the passage of light between the wall and filler member. While it is true that filler members are provided with spring pressure engagement with a building wall,

it often occurs that the building wall is formed with a somewhat irregular or uneven surface, which, when the filler member is engaged therewith, creates unsightly light gaps. The ordinary observer might not notice or object to a light gap appearing between a partition and building wall, but in practise it has been found that architects are requiring such provision and the present invention has, therefore, been developed to provide a simple and economical method of completely sealing the gap between the jointure of a partition and a building wall.

Where ceiling height partitions are installed and one of the purposes thereof is to prevent heat transfer in the form of drafts or undesired air circulation, it will be found that the structure hereinafter shown and described will serve this purpose by preventing the occurrence of any gaps adjacent a building wall.

The principal object of the invention there- ;fore lies in the provision of a partition, the end portion of which is arranged to have sealing engagement with an adjacent building wall.

Another object of the invention lies in the provision of a sight proof and draft proof strip l for mounting in the end of the filler portion of a partition and engageable with a building wall.

Other and further objects of the invention will be more clearly understood from a consideration of the following specification which is taken in 1 conjunction with the accompanying drawing, and

in which Fig. 1 is a fragmentary front elevation of a partition and adjacent building wall;

Fig. 2 is an enlarged horizontal sectional view,

taken substantially on the line 22 of Figure 1, showing the mounting of a sight and draft proof strip in the filler member;

Fig. 3 is a fragmentary side elevation of the filler member, taken substantially on the line 3-3 of Figure 2, parts being broken away to further show the mounting of the sight and draft strip; and I Fig. 4 is a front elevation of the channel mem her in which the strip is mounted. I

Referring to the drawing, the invention is shown mounted in and forming a part of a re-; movable partition, generally indicated by the reference numeral 10. The partition is comprised; of panel units 11, pilasters 12, filler member 13 and door 14. The details of the door, panel and pilaster structure form no part of the present invention and will not, therefore, be further described. It is believed suflicient to note that the filler member 13 is adapted to close the space between a building wall 16 and the adjacent pilaster 12, being engaged in the common fashion as by providing a recess or depression in the pilaster into which the filler member projects. The filler member consists of a pair of spaced walls 17, suitably connected together by a wall 18, which constitutes that portion of the filler engaged with the pilaster. The end of the filler member, adjacent the building wall 16, is open being fitted with one or more channel members 20 of any desired length. The member 20 may extend the full partition height or be broken up into a number of short elements as desired. The side flanges 21 are welded or otherwise suitably joined to the spaced walls 17. Cut into the base wall 22 of the member 20 are tabs which, when bent at right angles to the wall from which they are out, form a small channel element 23. The base of this element is a part of the base wall 22 of the channel member 20 and the flanges, the tabs cut therefrom. This channel element has an open side adjacent the building wall 16 and is fitted with a felt, rubber, composition or other durable, flexible strip 24 which extends the full length of the partition. The strip 24 is clinched between the side walls of the channel element 23 and is of a width which causes it to extend slightly beyond the filler member 13. Consequently, when the walls 1'? of the filler member are moved to abut the building wall 16, the strip 24 will likewise be caused to closely engage the building wall to the extent of buckling slightly as shown in Figure 2 of the drawing. If the building wall 16 is formed with a slightly uneven surface, the flexible strip 24 will, under the bending pressure exerted thereon, tend to fill in the uneven wall surface, thus closing off all light should a gap of any noticeable proportion occur between the ends of the channel member wall 17 and the building wall.

It is contemplated to provide as many channel elements 23 for receiving and retaining the strip 24 as is required, either by reason of the height of the partition or the kind of material from which the strip is formed. It is found expedient in some partition installations to provide a strip 24 which acts not only as a light block but a draft or weather strip as well. As mentioned above, the strip 24, serves both purposes and is so contemplated.

While applicant has shown the strip 24 as being attached to one or more channel members 20 which, while supporting the strip also spacedly supports and reinforces the wall 17 of the filler member, it is obvious to those skilled in the art that the strip can be attached in any of several ways and it is, therefore, intended that the invention be limited only as defined in the hereunto annexed claims.

Having thus set forth my invention what I claim as new and for which I desire protection by Letters Patent is:

1. In a metal partition for buildings, a filler member adjacent a building wall, a channel member in said filler member, a partition height flexible strip in said channel member projecting beyond the vertical edge of said filler member, and means joining said strip to said channel member.

2. In a metal partition for buildings, a filler member adjacent a building wall, a reinforcing member in said filler member, a partition height flexible strip mounted in and projecting beyond one vertical edge of said filler member for pressure engagement with a building wall, and means securing said strip to said reinforcing member.

3. In a metal partition for buildings, a filler member adjacent a building wall, a reinforcing member in said filler member, a partition height flexible strip mounted in and projecting beyond one vertical edge of said filler member for pressure engagement with a building wall, and tabs struck up from said reinforcing member, said tabs forming one or more channels for receiving and supporting said strip.

4. In a partition for buildings, a filler member adjacent a building wall, said member being channel shaped with the opening therein directed toward said building wall, a flexible strip mounted in said filler member, means for mounting and securing said strip in spaced relationship to the channel walls of said filler member, one edge of said strip normally projecting beyond the adjacent edge of said filler member for pressure engagement with said building wall.

AXEL G. DAWSON. 

